wmBHKmnmMnnnnnBEMBKmMs&?GGmMBmvmmm jTT'l l3TO'kPBLlb LJ H & 'r, , '-Vi ) .th . s . -t l tr"a . .m. T . .fc '.'t s. -a, ... i. ROIC MEN UPHOLD PROUD TRADITIONS OF CITY AND STATE JV GREAf STRUGGLE ltf PRAWB m NED BULLET PHILADELPHIA FLIER AND HIS FLAG "LIBERTY AIRPLANES FASTEST THAT FLY" KEYSTONE MEN'S DASH DEFIES MACHINE GUNS ON WAR'S HONOR ROLL ATIMnQ riTV RfW " VvH WWPT WMaaMBreA4?i " ''.mKDesmvi J .'V . " "i" Hi wmiiupbiipw JVMreT,,iiV -; hi ... i'- c ' ' ,a , i Ki 4 i .1 B-l W, Ifr-'-S i jHenry Keifer Writes of In- 5 fected Leg Out of - Uangcr ISAW COMRADES FALL t' V One Youth Has Narrow Es cape From Two Bullets and Shrapnel 'J The use of poisoned bullets by the i, Germans ajtalnst American soldiers Is r told of by Henry Keifer. 2204 West Le high avenue, who writes home from n. tae hospital In France, wheie ho l suffering from Infection caused by ono of these bullets. Keifer was "hot In the leg, and his vvpund at first threatened to be dangerous, but he writes that ho fcwlH recover U Keifer was wounded on July 21 wnen J) his company went over the top three Molina, iofnro fhnv ilpfnpit the fterttinn. 'He ntr many of his comrades fall befnio hft was wounded. He I- twentv-fnur .. t. 11- .. ..... n t..,n nffap blv ft VeeKs' training at Camp Meade. I Private James C TSIelork, of Glenslde, ha written a 1 etter home on a phce of covering taken from a wrecked French airplane In the letter he tells of seeing the grave of Lieutenant Quen tln" Roosevelt whose body was burled 1 by the Germans and whose burx'ne 1AL I place was later captured by Allied Bj. troops. , I.leutennnt Sevrrfl.v Hurt Wnm n hnsnltal where lie suffered S I from seser.il wounds Lieutenant J. Htl &. t mund Kerst. 3330 Chestnut street, writes C1- . l . .1 tt 7 nom IO leu HOW lie WHH uiiimt-u. tt.ti I department reports sn.v he Is In a se t rlous condition He l forty-three years 1 old. and sered seveinl ye.irs In the K's- 5 tional uuaru, lie sailed to France with i, Company M, 110th Infantrj Parents of William MerUle, fiiiCT Otr- Biantown avenue, have reccled m. In Utters that he has been killed In iir- V tlon, but are waiting for confirmation from the War Department f, Corporal Joseph II Murph.v. 1529 J South Twenty-tlrst street, wr.tes home that he has been cited for conspicuous t bravery and recommended for a badge of honor for rescuing wounded und-i Genige Harnett, commandant of the ma t fire and gallantry In action Corporal rl1"" corps. Lieutenant Colon.-! I3vans , i Murphy enlisted In the old Third Ilegl- ? nnt, 'J X. U & 1 . c.r and was transferred to Company Oth Infantry Corporal Joseph V Heed has written to his mother. Mrs Kllen Ueed. 38DI ' PaJrmount avenue that he had a liar- KfA row escape, from serious wounds In ac- CtV ,tlon. He was hit on the wrist by slirnp- Rfft "'. a DUitet graieu nis itnee anu an- .it me time or this flghtlns Lieuten SS ' Other went through hla gun sling. "Be- ant Colonel F.vans was a major and jieve me, lie writes, -i was smelling anjuinni or tne sitn iteglment of Ma ' flowers." rlnes. Since then he has hem nrnmnmi 5WV. - u. .. ittlV'l Sl,e" Kn'"-k"1 Im ,,ottn 'ViVti Serireant James IL Farlev. son of Yml T)antfl 'Parlpv- sflfifi 1-ist I.lnolneott &5treet. Is In a hospital suffering from '3&1 Wounds received In action, according to KK'lv ur tTom hlm to hls 'ther A W'Qi' hll exploding fifty yards away knocked ffci,! him down, and when he had recoveresl vigvi&kg-VfUs he found he had been wounded k', t in the )eg. He lay In a ahellhole three f- I hours, before he was found. V!!, r d-lbed them In letters to their SZV,' a"?J- " M,,tn 37T North Sickles street ,, . ... , . ,.. ilioy rm sciiainitii in .111 ainri 1uu.11 1 training camp and found each other a year ier on loreign soil. uosepi is In the Seventy-sixth L'nlted States Field KuV t I'llutJ Aim XJCiijuiiiui in 111 liic 41111.1 Ejj). . Cavalry. tA District Loan, Quota May Be Half Billion Kl Continues! from race One .army camp at Mlneola would ny over Fii !': ''Philadelphia and some of the larger towns I nthe eastern section of the district, added Mr. Norton, nnd the '.announcement drew an emphatic plea from the coal regions for a sight of this air fleet. v Would Simp Time "We want to save time as much as ,nlhi." s.itd Mr Ludlow-, "there is no WXif-l ' . . . . Mrfll " wasting three weeks in a sort of IS?. r continuous niilv Sllriil.lv e.ininaiirn If we fc-''t 'we car eet oser lhe t0" ln leSiI Statls - wsf 4'tlcn show that 50 per cent of the war !$ t -work of the nation Is done In the fifty EL'r .... - . .. .... . tfWfe'i uP0"e ' tne nation, including coal, ..S? that are produced in the Philadelphia aV 1 j. ... .... .. .. .. . ... 's. i aiBirici. ?o us u iuci. not a ineorv. EjjfJ that practically all the money invested &". Sit In bonds here will come back to our neo- j i . . ... .... jple aa wages " 1 C F, Htss, .hairman of the Wilkes- i barre district, told of the work In the ; coal regions Forty Million riedge. Forty million dollars has already been pledged to the fourth loan In this City J20.000.000 by representatives of J exty-seven fraternal organirations and a like sum by the Italian residents of th Third Federal Reserve district Representatives of the fraternal organizations met ln the Mayor's recep. tlon room, Clt Hall, last night, nnd wire addressed by several persons, all Lif u-lwtm ur&red the necessitv nf prtiit.r i .encri in ima man m me tnirei loan v,,' i-rnd iraiemansiH raiseei jm.uuu.uui &sS"i during the third loan campaign. ETjiSf" 'The 'Philadelphia Heal I3state Board's tiff- jpians inr ine luurui campaign were ?JM (discussed at a dinner In the lJj'levue- wftiBftatforrt at noon te The He it S 'Instate Board nearly doubled Its q iota SffSjn thu third loan. x& glories Men Lay I'lans 'The Wberty Loan Committee of the notion picture men met yesterday at Ki2J4 Market street, with Frank W Buh- fKlh the chair. Further progress was l:pade toward perfecting plans for their f-yart in the' coming campaign. The following were made captains of .. Vn. ,Ti,h ,",rt,"t,0' zones into hlch the motion n in this city have been dl- 'jr-t-ine seven '-tis:f,iilcture men Yyjl4t&'. Jules K, Mastbaum, president of ."'. the Stanley Company, first zone. Cen. -the Stanley Company, first zone, Cen- ;,Wttralt Fred O. Xlxon-Nlrdllnger. second pSivmt. West Philadelphia; M W Taylor, c third one. Northern Philadelphia; Co - -t.j VnB,V..K Ttl.ll.. JnlUln w - , t.- - - :;.. - i IKMIadalphl. Ab Sablosky. fifth zone. HlitinUl lLrtlllliri. 1UU til All I1C. .UI LIlFUni . ' ifeuth Philadelphia; Dr. Walter Htuemp. I &,.& lxth xone- Oermantown, and John t. .1.1. a,..ffl. fnnm -V-t h...s t III. 1 1 iUltlt, BC..HM1 .., .,i.iiintri lltl- Iphla, Including Tioga, Manayunk ; adjacent territory. ha district loan committee ha corn- A arrangements with the Emergency t Corporation for the naming of u ton steel ahlp now being built. The' ...in .. ... i... . ..... .i.i i will be chosen by a contest during I Je-vrth, loan drive, I; fliiuit wwiwh I sumiiiB vh lor.-ratmmoth parade on tha r 4.BMa.la ln.,,,11 I. ... .. t I .. .. .. lH -91 I . i SPBHfc I TT nil I it cc cndl n cm ill dm lit T !ti. II I jsKXiKitiR 1 1 Rrlatie sent a small fl.ig lo Lieu tenant William It. (Jranl, tin Pred ion street, this rilj, who is one of (general l'erhitip' airmen in Kranre. The tipper photograph i-hous the II. i a it appear on Licutcnunt (rant' plane while in flight MARINE HEROISM DESCRIBED BY T. ' i -. Lieutenant Colonel rrauk h. mows nit' li.!? ;t- it appcarH on V& Vf-:,2'P?OiiPw' Barnetl of Fifteen Days' Unresting Struggle Against German Hordes THnni: weie dark hours iist before) 31 As we neared Meau we saw our the dawn of the marine Ictory at (list fugitives on a road that was a Helleau wood hours that were teirlfv- Ing at times for those directing the lighting and receiving the reports, and no one could describe them more vividly than the man who passed through Just that crisis He Is Lieutenant Colonel Frank 13 Kvans, a I'hlladelphlao the voungest son of the Inte Hev f)r Frederick 13vans. for man.v vi-ars pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church. In a long i'ttor to Maior Geneial "" rmen a msnpeion or ever.v pnae "f tht' activities of the marines from the time thev started from their billets """' ",p.v "'' wlthdriwn from action "rr name Hut late( Hftoen days. '"V ,e"s a slon of intense Interest. Ila,f ,"f, ,1"' l'tter appears b-lnw The reniniooer win ne printtil tomorrow . a'vl Jul' 1 "" was awarded the Dlstln- gulshed SetMcp cr h, lien, rnl Per- shlnir Hm nlsn im ,. ,i, f..i.. .i Guerre. His wife Is the former Miss I'sther Townsend. daughter of the late Franklin Townsend. nlso of Philadel phia. The Letter ! The first half of the lettter follows: "My Dear General' "I have been hoping to find time to wrl,, you something about our recent I 'VapTure' oVaWo VT oZ I meters' away from ou front line, anda week's fighting In woods honeycombed i "'" .......ip. I.. , .. 1,1. ,nanh . , 1 ,... ,,.... ; ,,, i.Ponard infa'nv. c's. n .' nt- 1 ,ache(, ,0 Zanp. colnp!lny, lo Ktop m and give you seme first-hand Informa tion, and know that you will find his news of great Intenst He wns selected to return to the t'nlted States as In structor, and his orders came while he was In Ilouresche I got Holcomb by phone one of the times- his line was not cut. in his little cave behind a rock out 'n front, and Holcomh relayed his ordeis Into Bouresche. Two minutes later Leonaid was out and on his way In. Under Terrific Drive "We hae all been under a terrific drive from the time we left our rest area on the 30th untl." we left our trucks on the 1st nnd went Into line the after- n0on of June 1 Holcomb's battalion w-as unloaded Just li rear of the sup port position to which our brigade was assigned, and his company command- ers got part of their orders while their men were disembarking and then the.v denloved and went in The strain ae- cumuatPj jiue snowball running down hill until we were nulled out tempo- j rarlly on the 15th, and nt times In that long stretch It lookeu as inougo ' the elastic backbone of the men nnd ...,... 1. ....! nn,Viar till llllt niiice-m uuu.u in ni.n... ........... ., -. , they were alvvas readv on an i instant s nnM. trt Hnllvor n nnW attack (If StOll "..vc- ... - . .. - n new- counter-attack ll made n fatalist of me back at the P r . where we weie In constant communication by phone or runner, until, the last five das In line. I couldn't feel an more strain, nothing but an absolute and serene confidence that the- people higher tip knew what they were doing, knew 'he condit'ons and that our battalions would come ncross without a moment of hesitation or faltering and carr.v on, no matter how black things were out there in the woods, or how close ihej were to human limit of mind and body "We left our re-t area at 1 a. m May BLIND MAN TO CARVE FLAG i'ooilen Service Emblem Cor Woollen Service E.nU)ICin v-on- ftructcil by Sightless Artisans "Little Joe" Lucas, who was an expert cabinetmaker oefore he liecnme unnii. has been delegated to carve the stari on a mahogany aeivice "Hag" wh'ch will be made and hung in the Pennsylvania Working Home foi Blind Men, Thlrti slxth street and Lancaster avenue. In honor of the telathes of Inmates In nervlce vnri.- tun star., will decorate the field of this unusual flag, which the blind men will he able t "oee" with their lingers One of the ullnu vvotKers lias uneen leia tlves In the service Twelve have sons In the army, six have brothers any many have cousins or nephews. The unveiling or ine nag win ne a part of the ceremonies during the Institu. ,a0rn,.Ican?aiBn f ir 5150.000 for the ex. tPni)on of the home to meet the Govern. I ment's need. of the campa Yeslerdav. the first dav of the campaign, more than $2,000 was I subscribed. The i g'A J!"1" fn , 1";a1'iu arjlL "JUL J lit wgiKcm ill irjjuu iu. a luncheon n campaign the Adelnnia llolel. tlv" .-. " . w .n w .nw. SUSPKCTKU UV HUltbLAHJbb , Kro Arretted in Swarthmore lo ne ' - Brought Here Alonso Madison, a negro, who is said lo have completed recently a flve-venr ttntenee in the Kastern Penltenttarv. i . arrested bv Chief of Police Swee- I ney. of Swarthmore. after an alleged ?""i". '".."'" .u.." ' "' """ l4U"grim, Swarthmore. Hesldents of Swarthmore have been terrorized lately by a series of bold rob- berlea. .Muuison win ne orousni to.v:en iral Station louowing owing a hearing before justice Voelker to see If City Hall de- tectlyes'-carif.Jdentlfy him. niiv mm j - ?. ' L-f - VJfFdiiiB!Kisr if- AT BELLEAU PHILADELPHIAN."A:--fc;W -. tv at r 1 Evans Writes to Major Ocncral '"& slieam of troop in camions, gum and trains hurrying to Hie fiont Ami die refugns went straight to the hi art of us 'It was June 1 when we took up the support line with French troop bird pres.spil by the boche holding the line out In fiont The news was tint the boche was coming. Our flr---t I' was In the outer edge of a Mrlp of woods that Is now two kilometers in tear, with as min piotection nom am Kind of tire as a spot in the sue, dwav Hut fio u what the FiMich told us the boche guns had gut up In snvill numbers and that In their lights the ho"he ha 1 fought with mni'hniH irlin. a iiroilitrfotis mi.intitv of I them, and gre-iailes (lur position then linked iii on the left In front of Chain- plllon with the Fifth, who in Hun Imil the Twenty-third on their left The Fifth lml W'se's battalion in lln- while we had the First nnd Second witli Sib ley In supnort 1 n our right we-e the Flench The next dav. the I'd the French began to diop link t.re-1 out and outnumbered and that afternoon, p,. d, t-'imliiid the wound on the temple bv prrnirnrged plan, tliev were to pa-ts was made from the r.ght side through and our line was to lieome It has been found Hint two or more the fiont line In the meantime to s1'"' ir' ''eari1 H;1nu' ll ge ' two i-lnsr. n fin iioiwenn ns ,.,! 1 1, , i.-.fii, occjp.ints of boatliouscs not far from h.rn. tnT'oV 'our-VseAe !'l TA1W? t SStZ p.inles Into line on the left, and that n(r for ciap shooting. That th man nflernoon the S'tth he'd a front nf seven n, ght have been shot to death in a ipiar kllometers with one company as regl- rel over the dice game and his body mental lesc-ve ' so placed ns to give the Impression of I siiic'ile Is regarded ns probable b the , I Ike Ilnirhnll rield authorities "We had dropped back from our too-' rrnoui;. ;;, rr.n' alleged blackmailer jailed little village between Chimptllon nnd -.t t ,T;..t .. . . tti I.ticy-le-Uncngf Fiom one side we had t.linr!IPll Willi Attempting to Ob observation of the north, and when the tnill S20.000 From Morsatl Germans attacked at 5 p m we hnd a , . , bn- seat. Thev wete driving at Hill llv thr Aoriatril Froxs l'lti from the north nnd northeast, and they came out. on a wonderfully clear .iii '"'"" L-""I"ln" ac''0,'' a ""'al-' aiid Bre;"r hebai, 'te. be- tween n row of woods on the farther side, and woods and a ravine on the near side c could see the two thin brown columns advancing In perfect order" until two-thirds of the columns, we tudcid weie in i leu Ti,. ,mn ,iri m.i. chine tire was Incessant and nveihe.nl the shrnnnel n-i. lmriiiii- Then Hie hn, T?,n lurstlnt, Then ihe shrapnel camo on the taijft nt each shot It l-i oko Just over nnd Jn-t ahead of those columns and then the next bur.-is sprajed over the verv green In winch we could --o the columns nun inc. It kernel foi all the vvn'ld th.it the green fields had biir.t .nut ln ii.tirli-s of white dilsles where thorn, columns were doggedly moving And it d'd It .gain and again, no bariage. but with the skill and accuracy of a cat n'.aving with two brown miee that she eould reach and mutilate at will and without any liuiry The white patches would roll away and we could sie that some of the columns weie still theie slowed up, and it seemed perfect suicide for them to try "The next dav Wise's outfit nulled a spectacular stunt In btoad daylight They spotted n machine gun out In front, called for a barrage, and xwept out be. r. n.'L";.J:"'p" J,.:.?,"r. ::r:y.a" r, ",' " ""-"" "" s " ..it: got back O K anil then the boche launched u counter-attack that was smashed up Fnr the net few da.vs we weie l.uv pushing nut small posts to locate .. enemv. and to reojeupy suih strong points as were beyond the main line assigned us While it had all been prearranged, our people were anxious to recover what they could, without precipitating an engagement of FrTnV-,he groun,, eacuated by the niunmnnirrnn ... rAYVNUKimtltt AMbtK LUUK1 Allow Onlv Half Value on War Saving Stamps Pledged by Tbief' Judge Davis, presiding in Quartet Sessions Couit, nnd Assistant District Attorney Gordon today severely crltl- ciztil two pawnbrokers who had ac i-epted war savings stamps in pledge from a thief and had allowed only halt tho valuation. "Theie seems to he no law forbidding such a lianactlon ' the assistant prose, cutor said "but I consider It a verv reprehensible one. It is a loan on cash virtually, where the pawnbroker takes advantage of circumstances and allows pnlv B0 per cent of the valuation." "1 airree with Mr. rinnlnn." lml.. Davis sjald The pawnbrokers, Abe Rosenthal (iermantown avenue and Silver street. and Mrs. Splcker. Lehigh avenue and Falrhlll street, were summoned before Judge Davis by Probation Officer K, M iiacKney at tne direction of the court J.1."" J'??.? ,hat t.h.e accepted be- It was learned that they accepted be- tween them six war savings stamps that were stolen from John A, Quinn. "837 North Ninth ureel. I.. A. Donnelly Dead at Shore Atlantic rilv. Sent 17 Fiftv vears n resident of the resort and In the earlier days a potter In politics. Ixiuis A Don- ' Ttr.nf pri,,r. fnr Wnr Work nelly died yesterday at the City Hospl- wnt l risoners lor war worn tal. He was seventy-five years old. Mr. ' Resolutions advocating the paroley of Donnel'y was also one of the best-' Inmates of penal und correctional In Known cl'iTi). o th nis ' stltutlons thst thev may serve the most olely through his enterprise that nation by working on farms, roads or In a paid fire department was established other useful capacities, which were here during his term as fire commls- adopted at a recent meeting of the I r w t i 0 j. it.-. American Institute of Criminal Law and he conducted the old Kmplre Music Hall. Criminology, were sent today to Ihe which had great vogue here In the period Governors of tvtry State In the coun- toiiuvvirg Aipiwc set" " I Its sand dune conditions. His home re - cently was at 109 .North New Hamp - anirr Hvriiur. ---i shire avenue. ":, jf"-i Most Wonderful Craft in the World, Writes Philadelphia ! Aviator Now in France "The Liberty airplanes, with their 50-' The Twenty-eighth (Keystone) Dlvl hovsepuwer motors, nro the fastest i slon Pennsylvania's own composed of things that fly," according to Lieutenant National Guard units. Is "the talk of , Wlll.am D. Grant, now an nlatlon In-' Franco and the pride of the American slructor In France, writing to Albert ' expeditionary foice," according to n let- Ic'ark. B20 Arch street, a friend of ter written home bv Corporal Roy m.Th! "lif" i .u, ,, , , ., Istewnrt. 32D Springfield avenue, Cliest- The- can do anything a bird can do," , ,,.., continued Lieutenant Grant, "and you , nul I,I1L will roon hear lots more about them Corporal Stewart Is a member of the i after a few thousand American aviators -. ..in.. luiiiuiR ene Herman lines, i n m not permitted to give details, hut you an take It on my word of honor that the Liberty planes are the most wonder. ful and perfect aircraft In the world 1 ' And t know what I inn talking about " added Lieutenant Grant, "for I have flown almost eery kind of inn o'llne made. Including Hrltlsh, French , Helginn and American " Lieutenant Grant, who Is a graduate of tlrf' old Central Manual Training School and Is twent"sl. years old. took Ills ground course In aviation at the .Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Huston, and was commissioned after three months at Camp Belleville HV was Liter stationed at Garden City. Long Kland. as Instructor and was snht to Franc last December to act as In sti tu tor In one of the big American :iHt on i 'imps r Clark sent a silk eutrnnnt Grant Rnd ii-lted him to fly It on his nliiilsne. The ll'","t '"ll " "ml returned the rag together with a number of pictures snnwwiK ine nag ny ng on Ills raorlte plane and nlso of how a battlefield looks from the air. He assured Mr Clark that the nag had hHd a course In aerial in robatlcs and lml gone through two loop the loops, a spinning nose dhe and m side flip. Lieutenant Grant Is th wn of Mrs Miithllde I.. Gross, 4 in t'reston street, imrl of Hie late lir Wllll.un D Gross II" had h s name changed by the courts a he did not vine to have a nam,- thtt as h put It snumlrel as If It had cen "nvide In German " PROBE SHOOTING MYSTERY f,,... niTL.:.,l. IT- At xtr t.loureler UMlfial? Fpar Milll WflP Shot in Crap Game Wnodliur. , N, ,1,, Sept 17 Because there appears to be m.vs'erlous clrcum s'nnces surrounding the death of the strange man whose bod.v was found along the creek by a gunner Saturday, the eounl.v prosecutor's ofllce l.as taken up the case and is making a lighl In vest, gntlon When Coroni r Dowins was lulled to view the body It lay, with a revolve! with one empty chamber near the left hand The r ght hand was covered with blood, and so far as could Inn-lnc. Mleli., Sept IT I'nahle to furnish $10.0011 bail. J B Thorn Janitor, niriMed b.v Federal nuthoiltlej V'""""'; "" "' y I'lackmall the family of J. P Morgan, w-as taken to Detroit louay i! Limeu Stiles Maih.il Behrendt. Accoidlng to the oltlcer-e win have been working on the case for more than fifteen months etters were sent to .Mr Morgan's daughter, stating tnat the en- "re fnnill.v had been inoculated with a ,c, ))roducf, ,,, ithn f,,, VPa Tho Writer, the authorities ,ir.fare. offeied to sell the antidote for the "germ " for $20.1)00 Thorn, who Is fifty years old. was arrested at a hotel here wnen lie came to k'ep an appointment vvlth a poison whom lie supposed to be Mr. Morgans dauglitei .... ..nn. ,. imniii ' BELGIANS NEED CLOTHING vnni" .... , p.,,,,,,,,:,,,, fnr 000 Tons Beilin J,I'a," "" '" ,on Di fcllu i .Pxl rtionnay .. ,. ,-:-..; prnt By the Aswctated I re Wunlilnctnii, Sept, 17. Five thmisiiid itons of clothing for the destitute people of occupied Belgium and France Is the ohjtct of a campaign announced toili )V tne Ameilciui lied Cross for the week b" mlnB nf,x, Monday. a m previous cmii. the clothing will tie coliecteu oy in; ciiuputm ,,f the lied Cro's throughout the I nlted states Fveiy kind of durable garment for all ages and both sexes, is urgently needed ,,, , JaZoTnXn VtZV? n ', Europe, says millions of men, vw)men and children nre facing sufter- ng and disease und some of them death for lack of clothing this winter - ' STATE CONTROLS CITY WORK Peniiis-sion Nrcecsary for Ncedetl ' Repairs and Construction In addition to securing priority or ders from the War Industries Boaid ,lty 0 j l-ny tlllivinin III inn mimo ,,, .,v ... .U..I..1.. I.. U n ..... PA ,1. 1 1 1 l,-,,.,. tn i appeal for permission to make needed repairs and Improvements to a State director. 11. Dawson Coleman, Penn- 'sylvanla director of construction and materials of the Council of National Defense. Is now In control of all work He has been uutnorizeu io pass uion the necessity for all bulldlnc and re pair work In excess nf J2B00. No per mits will be granted by the Federal Board unless they have first been ap proved by the Stale Council. The ob ject of the double supervision Is to eliminate the unnecessary tying up of labor und materials. DENMARK HONORS DR. EGAN W""""1"0- iivwvuiw ua. i-uftH Former American Knvov fiels Hielieit rormer rnerican r.nvoy ueis Jiisneji I Decoration Awarded to Commoner ,..,,. nl i7.Klnr fhri. roii.nliatren Seni '""h",! bestowed !L il?.r Jt r?,n-i J $ g $$ towed the grana cross or Dannebrog on Dr. Maurice mer American Minister to Denmark. This Is the highest decoration which can be awarded a commoner. utry and now tinmcnes ot uonirres. Tne , resolution also urges Congress to enact 1 legislation authorlitnr similar employ I ment of all United siatei prisoners. meui vi u unuen pipisa vfiwpfrf, mpni nr it 1 1 iiiifn niaiaa nriuinari. " Corporal Roy Stewart Tells How 28lh Division Is Talk 'of France 103d Trench Mortar Ilattery His par ents nre Mr. nnd Mrs. J M. Stewart. The 103d Trench Mortnr Battery Is at present stationed .lust a short dlstnnce from the graves of Lieutenant Itlchard S. Bullitt, of Toiresdale. nnd Lieutenant Qtientln Hoosevelt, son of tho former President, Corporal Stew ait's letter states. Both the lleuteniints met dentil In action ngilnst the Kaiser's troops Lieutenant Hoosevelt In nn nlr battle and Lieutenant Bullitt In nn Infantry attack. Cnplenannt Doing Nothing "We hao had a rather unpleasant Job of sitting around here nnd doing nothing thus far," the letter said. "Jerry (that's the nickname for the boche aviators) comes over nearly every night and drops bombs on us We were a nervous lot at tlret, but don't mind It now. "Lordy, but old Pennsylvania ought to be the proudest State in tho I'nlon. Her old National Guard, that everybod scorned. Is the talk of France nnd tho pride of tho A. K. F. "Our old division took this re'glor. right out In open wheat fields nnd chnrged bare hills filled with machine, gun nests that poured a murderous fire on them. No Stopping Them "The sacrifice of men was pretlv bad, but-there was no stopping them. They're marvelous, iih-oUMely." Corporal Sie.vart enlisted In June, 1017, in Ihe old (slty Troop, and be came n member ot the trench mortar battery when the National Guard was taken into the Federal service Bugler Charls D. Si-hmalze, of the same hatlerv. whose homo Is at IStli Taney street, has sent h's FtepfHther. j Allen Schnee. a rrussitm wunrn neimei, i parents that he was wouniteu wns mau whlch he picked up e,n the Mnrne hat- ed In a New Lngland city, and for that tlefield after the l'ennsIvanln tumps i reason his pirents believe he has been had decmvelv defeated the Kaisers crn t th rcglm a FIRE DESTROYS WAR PLANT One Hundred PotNtown Work- ck soldiers. Bugler Sclimalze- is Before he m vvounuetl he klllecl nine "" "" ear sue nas received no of-I "if .vuvrmuer Kuoernacoriai eiecnon wenty-three .vears old nnd .seived on; Germans, he recently vviote'u friend In IlCI!l ord of her Fon's Itijurv In n re-1 li .!,,." , . . c it . reflu'r,ea e MrMca.i bolder with an engineer , this city ni 'ter Munter told how he saw manv l .ifor. : reil-KK"pn . Vi' AiAr."; ent He also described the nightly! Master Lnclneer Ilpbert ). Jlnrsb. In err.ians chained to machine guns, s. 191B are not good for the present re-gls-Ids on the battery's milliters , headouarlers cotuti.inv of the lOld l-3n- they would not desert He ot,ut.,.i i tratlon. SCnjie lit VVJ.J,WIIU UlaZC x a. P Later, when fie went to Camp Private George ty. I.entes, Company ' 7 e'C b"Sy Bettl"B Notera registered to I'ottntowu, I'n.. Sept 17 Fire which , Hancock vvlth his company, he was , n, 112 Infantry, Is. reported 'inls'lng In1 - - - spread vvlth lightnlnir rapidity, caused umimrru-u iu me niBMim.i ma uo ...i iwus n ms liair-brother, nnnt tnnn hv the explosion or oil In a shell-band '" Jus' received a letter fiom hlm ; Peter I-atiBt. 12". Mondela avenue. n,y GOOD JOBS 1 ill I i.l tivn .1eii lmfeii-.i lin Co rotvii-ioil t . HilUT. U 111 tflintn t tl..-i . " '' heating furnacv, resulted In a ?22 .000 ;; ' - ;-y orj. ,e " " n ,rVe1,Ayo;elr;l?nn,0u!)SoHrl. '"'" ''' '. V.t.s, nat'tery ll. "He Informa.loi, that PHva.e Te , s " Pniane.,t S'h!n i" ,ffl, J !J Z. i 1 12 1 Seventy-sKlh Field Artillery, reported was In Paris August 12 on leave. lt jNltvylurdPay 'rapped, not even having tlmo to pro- ure the'r doming n.1.- 1... H.ll .!,... .l ,..., . me; i,iiiiinK wn.tuj -,i ..w. u f hop. used to finlh shells for the L nlted , states. Mote th'in 1600 sl-lnch shells, i , . . . i ., i ni... 1.11111.11 11L siu.uvu. writ- u.-sii lit rii. tuir C(l l.roi Will ncIIl t.ainpnigtl of Collection Sentembor 93 , Th' ouhZn L"Jr 'of the merlcnn Heel Cross, In com n common with every other tied Cros chapter In, Amer lea, on Heptember 21 next will begin a one week's cnmpalgu to collect used clothing for the Uelg'ans. At least 400 tons of clothing are to be ''htnlncel In the Penn.s.vlvnnla-De'avvare division nf the Hed i'ioss That Is the minimum nllotment set by Hed Cross ifiiclalK. The nation-wide aim of the campaign is .'.mm tons or usen cunning for the iu, 000,000 Imprisoned people In occupied ijrit.iiiiiii.iiti i i.iitvr. i lien t-'toiHK" i'niiiit'ni;e.s our ciiar lty," the Ited Cross slogan declares, 'Let us match the courage of Belgium with the1 generosity of America " ESCAPED SPY BROUGHT BACK Fled From Internment in South. Arrested in Spain 1 . n Atluntle Port. Sept 17. (By I. N" H.) Robert Fay, tierman spy, who scaped from Internment ln the South ' ind was later captured In Spain, was brought to this port todiv aboard a l'nlted States gunboat He was brought ashoie In charge of in armed guard and taken nboaid rain for New York YOUTH, 17, WOUNDED Norman Loniae, 50) EaM jolinvnn tired, who entitled in the Marine Corp when, only fifteen years old, it in the Brooklyn HobpltsI with a bullet in his' arm, received In action v.ij- overiesi, Government nlso 'oses upwaril or mil).- '" "" '"" " """ ' ni,'.. ' V . ,. I. V r ,., . "K nere- ent Jobs which Ih addition to llhornl T-r;:zt ,..,, s,,"rx feS&K ""ed-lie "ST. ",-&"' Flve'nuefrlla !p ia JSL"2rMT!Z "t J' ove?bveshTlrucr,Xln!ue,V r"cehP'1, "' "L9 !"mUy '" "i1 ' He made hh home at Blnghamfon V c.es awaiting "the first ""omptTtent ""hi ll(l11 "-"i"' rlglnnte.l the lire, i b(nrnR , of AllB11,t,,c an(, R ' "'tl'atTs who will go to till them, as I August 18. He wrote he was recovev-lng and he registered there later in .hi '""ny mnc-hlnls Is as are likely to :eek TO COLLECT WORN CLOTHING "onl i-i,e" t,,0"k- cZHW .,., ,S, he came m oNbr, H,'nvl'nTi.SaSh5-,I?17i--i,,5-i4f IU IULLCL1 nUIlN LLUlMMl (on)oral Palton enl'sted toon after Philadelphia and wns here vMHn, M. maAiit. Is.' 'ffihirl.n.hJ'.Ur.'ii a ' HDHi Vjmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Aax Boats C. A. Woixrtdesd woun cioa SamuelThcwaas W. B. Conley Prisoner Missing PHiLADELPHIANS GIVE LIVES ON BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE Conflnccil frnm I'me One a report received here. He was twenty one yearn old Private Norman Looms, said to be the youngest soldier to enlist In this city, hns been wounded and Is now In a hos pital "over here" recuperating. His home Is nt 304 Last Johnson street, Gcr mantown. Private Snmiirl ItobertKon Is ln a base hospital In France, suffering from gas poisoning. In a letter written tei his sis ter he tells of being burned p' mustard gns, but assures her that the burns arc not cMicctnl to result Hrlously He Is a member of Company G, 110th Infan try. Private William II. Furlong, twenty four years old, 2021 I-3ast Tlogn street, wns wounded In action July 20. He Is a member ot Company G, Twenty-eighth Infantry The Utter Informing his sent back to this country to recuperate. gineers. repoited klllcil on August IB, Is listed in Company F.sl'ourth Infantry, imp nnu m a tj reporioa amonp i.r sini hhiiuh anrr riw vne ir training ,- in .. j ; , ,;"c nwun .n, soldle.s HI, widow o , a flve-venr-old , 'lysbiirg ,,- sailed & lan'S'S y lu'AZ Mttlllvh&'Sl'. son live In Ilristnl. At tho outbreak ot ' A brother. Frank, is with tl. J7cf, 'of reclstrai-.s. riiin to th wor on,iltlon 1 trouble on the Mexican border he en- Aero Snuadion, which Is nmv i i- Both the Henuhllcan Cltv Commltte. wounueii. is a son or .Mr. aim .Mrs. - " nerB-ani in me oei Thirteenth Attractive Jobs that will not be ellm Thomas Voss. Bristol. The official tele- infantry for three years, and worker! en Itmimi fi-nm i, i.'.,u.9i f..; . ..,.. .., , .:... pi am leiiiiig oi ins vvounus arnveu a Bhort time )Cfore a lutter from hlm ,, . ,. ,... ., . .. lie says in ium leiicr i nai iwo norses -. ... ... ...... ...,r; ilbnl'if ail ttntnnrl nt fninn tl.... VOcU, and wont to Krn nee Inst .prlnsr as h member of Company n, Ulth Infantry He .s ., native I'hlla-e.Phmn ?",VU"TU , L "'""'imm iiign .-chulm. rrlvnte ,Ioeih vl'al.rssewkl was pre- -,..,- .t 1. n.'i .. ,.,,,-., ... iousi repoi ten in nuir iiri-n Kiiieu in action late In August. He hns been he Is a captive. Thon.a. o nandv wa-. ! iiionms ii. naneiv was bout five weelts after he Cnrpornl wounded nb le.ir-neo crime- ."? ni iuh injuries have been received by his pirents, Mr nnd Mm, G A. Untidy, 2S20 West Hunt- iiigoon street w.inuy emisieei in ine Third Ilrglment nf the New Jersey Na- tional Oiiard mnre.tlinn a year ngo. hi" I family lesldlng In Audubon, Camden County, at the time. He was sent to j fr'ea Girt and then to Annlston, Ala., I where his leglment was transformed Into the 114th Infantrv and he was assigned 0 Company M. He was wounded on Au1 " Prlvnte Henry K, Klefer, Company M, Twenty-eighth Infantry, reported by the Government as missing In action July 21, Is now ln n base hospital In France with a wound in the leg. Letteis written It's aunt, Mrs. Anna J. Wlslnger. 220 "'est Lehigh avenue, tell of his Injury and In the last letter, dated August 21, Private Klefer says he will not lose tne foot. Drafted In February, 1918, while an employe of 'Isaac Starr, the broker, young Klefer went to Camp Meade, and was sent to France In May. He has been In the thickest e,f the fighting, hav ing gone "over the top" three times. On the last trip a eletman bullet hit him In the leg just above the ankle, shattering the bone. He writes of the fine treat ment given by the Red Cross nurses ami medical corps. His mall has been delayed ln some' manner, and since July 20 he has not had a letter from friends at home. Private Klefer lb twenty-fouf years eld and an orphan. Private Wlllluin 1". O'Donnell, reported missing In, action, Is believed to be ln a base hospital behind the lines. Accord ing to the official report of the War De partment, he has been missing In action i since July IS. UIb parents have re ceived two letters irom mm recenuyi both berrlng later dates. I'nder date of July 22, four days after the Government listed him as missing In ffctlon, O'Donnell wrote that he had returned to the rear of the battlellne after having his flrst experi ence In t,ne trenches. "I expert io go back Boon," he wrote, "to give the Krltiles more American steel They don't seem to like It very much, as we have them on the run." He added In the letter that he was in the best of health. Under date of Au gust II, he wrote: "I have met Henlg and have had a few of his meals." The young soldier's parents have learned the man named Henlg is a cook in a field hospital in France, and be lieve that their son is confined there end did not want to worry them by te'l Ing them so. O'Donnell Is twenty years old, and his home here is 1716 Wylie street. He wan a member of Company A. of the old First Regiment, for five years before tho war. When the First went to the Mexican border, however, O'Donnell was rejected because of physical dls ability Liter, when President Wilson Issued his' first call for men to go to France. O'Donnell succeeded ln enlist trig. He'was! on guard duty In the w:ea(-. tin van. oi. mo divc, nu in iiuincu ern part ot tha Btste, and later trained I. Bunting Edwagd FT Bassett Prisoner .:jl W F O' DONNELU W. Bf fCOLON Miseiq Wounded at Capip Hancock. He sailed for France on his twentieth birthday. Mav 22. with Company A. 109th Infantry. His broth er, John, Is a corporal ln Company B, lllith Infnntry. now In Franca. Private William II. Glndney was wounded by a sniper's bullet, members of his company, Company M, 111th In fantry, killing the German a few min utes later. Gladney was struck In tho right shoulder while within 200 ynrds or the German line, He told bis nar- V-i'in "iIr- nml Mrs- ICdnard T- Gi.irfney.iIJcbt Enrollment Reported at 1310 Aspen street,, about It In a recent t n if ti letter. Mnny Polling Plnccs Gladney enlisted In August, 1917 and' Enrollment of voters over the city was serving us a dispatch bearer when ' wap 'eported to be lfVcht today. At most the bullet found hlm. He exnects to he i "r "'e tllvlslon polling places It was back . the fighting' UnoT 'LAl' "' V,erS lrlinte Howard Hunter, writing to his The same condition prevailed on tha mother, said he had been "knocked nut" flrat registration day The heaviest by slfrapnel He.- was taken to Inse ' registration generally takes place dur hnspltal No 2S sufterln- from wnnnrts I ln.K lIJc ,a,e afternoon and evening. On In theleft arm nnH ul,i. rIi m . i ,ne flrst registration day moro than Ived wlih ii m- p,,' Hunter ' 78.000 voters registered, a large num- uved with his mother, Mis. Bertha . ber for the first dav uiinter, at Delmor.t avenue. West Mniia-', In the Twelfth Machine Gun I land on duty t ill tho I r. ".... 1. . ... -""":-.."." "'.v -".. -v.r. iiiiilil. '" .-.......ti ,. nuiiiaiiy, ac .ramore. Private John l. Meve, a prisoner Ir a rD.o nnm . n ,.,. , . " .". lu'ii .i. ininniuui, nas n sir- i .. . , .... nli. .nlr.tli ...l.nu i.. .. . . the draft board rt Blrghamton that he waq called fnr penlee ' After hi, ..reMmhiay training. Meve. -- "-"' '-"''i' "' "JKC satieei .... ........... ...tu i .-.oi. nirK coniingeni nn(1 ,laH slncp written to Mr nnd Mrs. llnrrv Uitinrlnru III. imnl. ...i ...... t ' ..v.tr .tun auill in lo-M"1'" clt'- Tnf- last letter the.v received. written laie in .liny, said that their nephew hnd taken a great Hklng ' to ?,"", "fe and "'":" rlgl,t ;lt tllf? font. Word was received jesterdav from the Wnr Department saying that Prlvnte Meve was a prisoner nt the Cierman camn rlvule William .1. oelfel, ,.lr who was yesterday, reported n prisoner of war at Camp Llmburg. previously was listed as missing In action." Ills father, William J Woelfel, lives at 250G Mer edith street Private Woelfel wns at the Mexican border with the old Second Artillery, .National t.uard of I'ennsyl- ania. He was transfened to Company 11, 110th Infantry, nnd was with this listing, Woelfel was In the Baldwin Locomotlvo Works. He Is twenty-two .tuns old, i Private William 11. Moure, reported ' io tie n prisoner in a i.erman camp, was I drnfted last March and left for France several months later. In the casualty 1'st his address Is given as 901 Kmlly street Private Moore's mother, Mrs, Rachel Moore, a widow, has moved to 408 Federal street. Befoie he was diafttd Moore was a truckdrlrrr. CHEI Popular Pricesor Particular People ' Re: The Food TT Always the highest J quality at both j Cheri's but served at J! much lower prices than are charged by other first-class restau rants. Cft&ri dining places are unique in this respect. They know only one standard of cuisine and that THE BEST. Toothsome, savory, sat- isfying 'dishes will be daily features of an ever appetizing menu; Popular Prices for Particular Pcoplewill prevsllasthe war time economy, of Chid. 132 South '15th Si. (owd) 124 South I3th St. (o-0t.PlIt CHEHJm J. G. PATTON, TtulJeM r -mm,mmmmmmmm i CITFS YOUNGEST SOLDIER RETURNS Norman Lomas, Veteran of Two Years' Service at Seventeen SENT HOME WOUNDED jt Philadelphia's youngest soldier flf- f teen years old when he enlisted Is back In America a veteran of thei battlefields of France nnd wounded. A little more than a year ago Nor man Lomas, eon of Mr. nnd Mrs. Sidney Lomas, B04 L'ost Johnson street, was a freshman nt Germantown High ithool, a tall, slim lad. Today he Is In Ilrooklyn Hospital, New York, recover ing from a bullet wound In the left arm. He hns seen service nf n're than a year In France, yet he Is Just past seventeen years old, Norman Lomas sailed for France In June, 1917, with the marines, and was nmong the first American soldiers to go ncross. Norman spent last Sunday with his parents, slipping away from the Brook lyn hospital for a day. ."I'm eighteen jears old," he told a marine recruiting officer one afternoon In April, 1917, and he was n'ce'pted ns k recruit ln the mat Ine resive. When he went home and told his parents what he hnd done, trifle was k pro'est. but h refused to be dissuaded, so thev final ly consented. In order to stra'ghten ) & age recjrd. they wrote to marine headquarters nmt, had his age changed to fifteen. i,Thcn helti.Ta marine reserve grew too monotonous for the splilt of ncf enturo In him, and he applied for trans fer to the regulars, nnd two months later was on his way overseas. VOTERS SLOW TO REGISTER ul voters who desire to participate , The ''lvslc;n polling places nre open nnd tho Kepuh'lcnn Alliance workers GO BEGGING Positions on roll Unfilled i im.vroi1 aner ipc war nave b"en go- '-e n-li'itdne at the Philadelphia Navy .vitt - .i t-Ar.antit. Ti.Arin .- .. " '.vv .' .. .......i a ui mni .ti ts itunimi !., .,... . i i. .. ... . ' . prq nf ;,n Jnflq fro?1 ttioi of highest ;!;,n aon'nt1p ,1he hnttom of the various ZZ nro 100 plncei that will be filled with vvnmen, whose my vv-Jll range from 15 to $25 a week. TO RAISE SERVICE FLAG Cliancellor Street Reiilcnts Honor Boyi c . i Satunlay Rsldetits of th B200 block on Chan ce1 or street will rnlsv aervlc flag Saturdnv afternoon for fifteen boys of the block who nre In th military serv lc. An American flag will be raised nt the mme time. A prop-ram is being nrrnngd by Fred Pog, .Ml) Chancel lor street. It Is planned to have a Llb ertv Sing and a band concert. The string raising the two flags will i be pulled by two small boys- Howard filadfellow, fi232, nnd Albert Kdwarrts, B24!l Chancellor street. At night several the Red Cross. At a recent bazaar they raised $13 to buy smokes for soldiers, - - i)FTlls i ('AriBf.L. Pled or wounds In J.lmojr. rinnns In I.lmojres. 1 rnm-e. All. -Jil. mm. ttliUAHU tl. ('A. E. c DBfiL, tizr-ii 21 enrs, only son ot Mrs. Olio Itntinv tinr n. nail t v KIIY. At WHyne, Pa.. Sept. 17. OEOrt IlKANXA. daughter of the late ltnbert T. fnnil Orusllla C. Fry. Funeral s.Tviee Thu'i. 2 p. m . nt tun Oliver 11. inir nuiidins, lft-jn rhestnut st. Int. private. POUNTNBY. Died of uounrbt In Priere. sent. a. mis. wili.iam fiLFnen rou.vr- NBY, nf the Canadian Army of Iteserve, i Hlreti ---ii vpprs ijitie or r.ani rtuia!i m, ; Sin nf Wlllism 11. sfd Sarah A. Pountney. I lir.!,!' WAXTKD FBMAI.K 1 DHKrtHMAKBR. vvnntH vvalut ami aklrt (In. ' lithers. lonir aaaon: hair day Saturday. Annlv 17.1 t'hpattiut. second floor. 1 ' IIF.I.P WAXTKli MAI.K MEN Will you devote jour energy to a Rood ratiae? We want uhtns and vnnt jou to hlo finish the nlant LAnOItKItS WANTED Work or fight Here's a chance fo work A patriotic duty Real esaonttal work MERCHANT HlUPntm.tllNO CORP. Arrent U, H. s. rinard. U. F. C. Harrlman. Pa. (near rtrfcitol) rhlladelphl" Kmploymertt Office f 1.101 Ituca at. Apply nareat I' S. nmnloyment Oftlee Itrlng thla ad vvlth ou.' AUTOMOniLE SERVICE! MEN-Men com- peteni to mKQ roiu repair nva tat ears. ' Superintendent's ofllce. Vim Motof Truck Co., I J road and Huntingdon Apply nearest IT. H Kmn'nymfnt Offlrf tiring thla ad. AUTOMOIULK MKCilANU'.S, h number of 1 hlRhKrad, experienced men who can be depended upon to turn out flrat-claaa work in rebul'dtnir and repairing mot or t ucka. Tbcaa poaifiona oner excel lent cnancea ror aa vancement to executive poattlona. to those who prove thet relUbtltty, Huperlntendent'a - ' . "'inr. 1114 hiiiiii 1 1 uvn "., iiusu nnu Huntingdon, App'y nearest U, 3, Employ- mt Offloe. nrng thla ad. f DRILL i'UERfl HANDS, enrlne lathe hnd7, Dencn ntinaa on tsmercency ;eeT, pat rv, th. Apnly neareat U S. Employment OfTlce, Hrlng thla ad. . MAN Htronc mfln wanted fnr nurklnar de prtment In lrne mill annply houae. Fair r&M lnkn Co., 701 Arch at. Apn'y peareHt U. 8. -Ul K.tinloyment Offloe. Hrlng hn ml with QUt jr 1 QHT AMI WVXI) HAVnittri .MdihIhv inlnv litwn flrn T...l, ,- jna Ktatlnn and Park, ilrlve. blut k hand. r V haicirontHlntnK Indira' wnpurH and unflntihctl V- awfdtcr: liberal reua d. . V3I, F.ewl vKitat, r A Tniatnid? f . Vtet KOIIMH FOK RENT E f (-Hjuaj, ,.ai-n - neauuiui.y p mortal flirt ii- nam ana iiin iiwy,. j."lj . v i v m" m " ! 'V 1r 3 r ... Km L .. ,. t ." 1 1 " 41 f M f ,V n ?1 J I 1 i ! ,n vi t.i ;j.l T J 4 $ z 'ti fffij "itl K,-. k' - . Vita&arAi. lajte il1"? ,v"A s
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